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Arianne by George R. Shelve Arianne. If the past is prologue, then George R. George R. The perfect gift for fans of George R. Book The Princess and the Queen, or,. Therefore, as of about half of what he wrote has not been released. The narrative conceit that Martin developed for these prequels is a drastic departure from his previous third person POV writing style. Instead, it is presented as an in-universe history text from Westeros written by "Archmaester Gyldayn".
This format allowed Martin to write about events which were public knowledge to most people in Westeros, while still keeping the secret reasons why people actually did things unknown, or allowing secret betrayals to remain secret. To explain why only a 30, page section of the full 80, word text Martin wrote was not released, he gave the in-universe explanation that Gyldayn's history text was severely damaged and certain volumes lost, but that new sections are released as soon as the Citadel can locate copies of the missing sections.
As a result, The Rogue Prince takes place immediately before The Princess and the Queen , but it isn't really a true "prequel" because they were both written at the same time.
Rather, it is as if the original draft was divided up into eight parts, of which The Princess and the Queen is "part two through part four" and The Rogue Prince is "part one", but the parts were then released out of order. A reader can actually start with The Rogue Prince , out of publication order, without being spoiled for later events, because this is the order the material was actually originally intended to be read in. It presents the expansive backstory of the known world of Westeros and beyond, much of it never revealed before in the main novels.
It has not yet been mentioned within the main novel series, though it is considered to be fully part of the book-continuity canon. Would an article about Jaime Lannister explain why he really killed the Mad King, even though that is a secret revelation only given in the third novel? The answer they came up with was to present it as an in-universe history textbook written by "Maester Yandel". Thus the book isn't objective, but represents what is common knowledge to the average and reasonably well-informed lord in Westeros - i.
Similarly, most people in real life know the general outline of World War II, but characters in television and movies don't stop to give long speeches outlining the entire event, because they and everyone around them already knows it. More Gaming News ». More ESports News ». More Food News ». More Dog News ». View all Lifestyle Sites. More Music News ». More FS Music News ». View all Music Sites.
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